The former vice president said he would immediately re-instate the H-1B program, which was temporarily suspended by the Trump administration last week, and clear the green card backlog, both issues affecting the Indian community. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke at the APIAVote 2020 Presidential Town Hall June 27 afternoon, promising to immediately re-instate the H-1B program, which was temporarily suspended by the Trump administration last month, and clear the green card backlog once he takes office.Family reunification must be a pillar of our immigration system, “which it used to be,” said Biden.Biden said that, immediately after taking office, he would establish an oversight committee to investigate how the $2 trillion in emergency aid was spent.Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.Biden said that in his first 100 days in office, he would “go back and undo the damage Trump has done.”Congress created a $2 trillion stimulus package to assist U.S. residents amid the pandemic. But Biden said 40 percent of stimulus money went to larger entities. (Zoom screen grab)Speaking from his home via Zoom, the former vice president began his keynote address by excoriating Trump for cozying up to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin despite allegations dating back to March that Russia had offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers. Judy Chu, D-California, also spoke at the Town Hall, saying she was gratified to see thousands of AAPIS from across the nation joining the briefing. “They didn’t need it,” he said, noting that small “micro businesses” got almost no stimulus funding as many lacked prior relationships with banks servicing the loans.Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke at the APIAVote 2020 Presidential Town Hall held June 27 via Zoom. An immigration system that crowds out high-skilled workers in favour of only entry-level wages and skills threatens American innovation and competitiveness.”This could make it difficult for many Indians to qualify for H1-B visas.“Biden will support expanding the number of high-skilled visas and eliminating the limits on employment-based visas by country, which create unacceptably long backlogs,” according to the Plan.He also wants to introduce a new category of immigrant visas that would be awarded through cities and local administrations facing shrinking populations and lacking entrepreneurs on the condition that those getting them to settle in those areas. President Donald Trump cited unprecedented levels of COVID-related unemployment as he issued a ban on people holding H-1Bs, J-1s, H-2Bs and L-1 visas from entering the country.
That wasn’t happening from Trump supporters,” he said. However, the tech sector has showed low levels of unemployment amid the pandemic, with rates hovering at about 2.5 percent.Standing in for Trump at the Town Hall, Calvo excoriated people who rioted and looted following the death of Black Minnesota resident George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer.“Trump has been the most unorthodox president I’ve seen in my lifetime, but the results speak for themselves,” said Calvo, citing a pre-COVID robust economy.Indian American chef Vimala Rajendran, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, told Biden about her difficulty in obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan, an initiative created by Congress in early April to help struggling small business owners.“On Day One, I will have a legislative road map to provide a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who contribute so much to this economy,” Joe Biden declared at the Town Hall.